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- ___ he woke up, he saw that his bag was stolen.
(a) If
(b) when
(c) where
(d) So
(e) neither
- The Police Inspector ___ the wanted criminal from his friend's residence.
(a) arrived
(b) gathered
(c) arrested
(d) collected
(e) allowed
- The Managing Director ___ many favours on his faithful servant Vibha.
(a) gave
(b) approved
(c) imposed
(d) bestowed
(e) Dropped
- Purchasing a colour TV set is considered as a/an ___ of status.
(a) Luxury
(b) symbol
(c) symptom
(d) honour
(e) action
- Rajni ____ her mother to purchase a new saree for the occasion.
(a) thought
(b) called
(c) thanked
(d) advised
(e) enquired
- The Indian economy badly needs to ____ an export-oriented economic structure.
(a) Prepare
(b) develop
(c) achieve
(d) gain
(e) attain
- Collective ___ are needed to root out the dowry system.
(a) Funds
(b) method
(c)laws
(d) decisions
(e) efforts
- A servant is expected to carry _____ orders of his master.
(a) on
(b) for
(c) in
(d) no word
(e) out
- As a social worker, he tried his best to ___ the condition of the poor.
(a) Improve
(b) change
(c) correct
(d) no word
(e) Raise
- Mahesh cannot be appointed since he ___ the experience necessary for the job.
(a) Misses
(b) loses
(c) lacks
(d) needs
(e) has
- He is always curt in his
(a) Business
(b) writings
(c) game
(d) programme
(e) replies
- I saw a ___ of wolves remaining around the forest.
(a) Fleet
(b) flock
(c) group
(d) herd
(e) pack
- I applied for and was ___ legal aid by the Labour Ministry.
(a) Granted
(b) awarded
(c) implanted
(d) offered
(e) allowed
- The cocks did not ____ any resistance.
(a) show
(b) put
(c) offer
(d) exert
(e) exercise
- The officer decided to deploy as ___ a number of men as possible to guard the post.
(a) many
(b) more
(c) few
(d) less
( e ) small
- Ambition is one of those ___ which are never satisfied.
(a) Ideas
(b) fancies
(c) passions
(d) needs
(e) energies
- The new education policy provides a useful ___ for the planners to remove illiteracy.
(a) break-up
(b) breakthrough
(c) breakaway
(d) Break-in
(e) break-out
- In autumn trees ____ their leaves.
(a) Shed
(b) drop
(c) leave
(d) cast
(e) reject
- It is difficult to put ___ a noisy and meddlesome neighbour.
(a) Across
(b) up with
(c)forward
(d) on
(e) by
- The lonesome valley was ____ like a graveyard.
(a) Quiet
(b) inhabitable
(c) inimitable
(d) populous
(e) Bustling
- His first failure did not ____ him from making another attempt.
(a) forbid
(b) deter
(c) defeat
(d) interfere
(e) cure
- For a few seconds, Sudhir was ____ blinded by the powerful lights of the oncoming car.
(a) Totally
(b) greatly
(c) powerfully
(d) largely
(e) Heavily
- The community tried to bring to ___ all adulterators but its attempts were foiled by the squad,
(a) Prison
(b) action
(c)head
(d) book
(e) bear
- My friend says that he drinks tea because it is best ____ in the world.
(a) Solution
(b) liquid
(c) beverage
(d) fluid
(e) leaf
- You need ____ shoes for walking in the hills.
(a)Stout
(b) good
(c) sturdy
(d) satisfactory
(e) slippery
- The members of group were at ____ over the selection procedure.
(a) Sixes
(b) random
(c) sea
(d) odds
(e) space
- The staff has felt on edge ever since they heard the rumour about _____
(a) Inflation
(b) retrenchment
(c) scarcity
(d) elections
(e) espousal
- The two women are so jealous that at the drop of a ___ they start insulting each other.
(a) Brick
(b) curtain
(c) hat
(d) pin
(e) kick
- I was astounded at his ___ lack of knowledge about the continent of Africa.
(a) Abundant
(b) colossal
(c)huge
(d) great
(e) perfect
- The twins are so alike that I cannot ___ one from the other.
(a) say
(b) notice
(c) tell
(d) discern
(e) make
- _____ you meet my son in the market, ask him to come home at once.
(a) Would
(b) should
(c) white
(d) will
(e) may
- The proud king turned a deaf ear to the _ of his wise counselors.
(a) Advices
(b) advises
(c) advice
(d) advice
(e) advisor
- The old father brought ___ the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks.
(a) up
(b) near
(c) roost
(d) home
(e)book
- The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown ___
(a) out
(b) up
(c) away
(d) over
(e) no word
- If we do not take _ care of our industry, we will have to _____ a grave problem.
(a) adequate, catch
(b)normal, experience
(c) proper, face
(d) preventive, solve
(e) intensive, aggravate
- Lata's programmes __ taking place throughout the state since last week.
(a) has been
(b) have been
(c) is
(d) will be
(e) Would be
- ____ by people's perception. It seems that democracy has succeeded in India.
(a) Making
(b) Planned
(c) Going
(d) Like
(e)Following
- Family planning is essential for curbing the rapid ___ in population.
(a) Spurt
(b) augmentation
(c) spread
(d) increase
(e) flood
- Kings have few things to desire and many things to ____.
(a) crave
(b) long
(c) rear
(d) apprehend
(e) horrify
- The winding road was no doubt a ___ climb and, though at every steep turn the car groaned, we finally reached the top.
(a) Tortuous
(b) easy
(c) fast
(d) slow
(e) zigzag
- Take care of the __ and the hours will take care of themselves.
(a) Days
(b) years
(c) seconds
(d) minutes
(e) weeks
- Though he took a leap in the ___ when he invested all his savings in Reliance shares, he later on found that it was well worth the risk.
(a) Dark
(b) abyss
(c)light
(d) hole
(e) frog
- After being caught in the act, Rajneesh knew he was in ____ in trouble.
(a) Intense
(b) dreaded
(c) terrible
(d) dire
(e) Intensive
- Owing to their unruly behavior, some members of the cricket team were ____ from taking part in the matches,
(a) Exempted
(b) excluded
(c) banned
(d) outlawed
(e) Proscribed
- Mounting unemployment is the most serious and ___ problem faced by India today.
(a) Profound
(b) intractable
(c)unpopular
(d)dubious
(e) unattainable
- Unemployment is not only ____ throughout the emerging world, but is growing worse, especially in urban areas,
(a) Endemic
(b) peripheral
(c) absorbing
(d) prolific
(e) endangering
- A light rain ____ to the humidity.
(a) Supplemented
(b) added
(c) increased
(d) Complemented
(e) complimented
- Radha’s heart _____ at the sight of the beautiful jewellery.
(a) Leapt
(b)Stopped
(c)stoned
(d)crept
(e) jumped
- Anil was ____ for his blasphemous statements on the religious leaders.
(a) excommunicated
(b) applauded
(c) congratulated
(d) saluted
(e) banned
- her spectacles simply would nor rest on the ____ of her nose.
(a) arch
(b)tip
(c) bridge
(d) top
(e) peak
- Varsha pulled a long ____ when she was told that she could not go to the cinema.
(a) face
(b) mouth
(c) veil
(d) hand
(e) nose
- Japan has lot to offer India in her efforts to leap ___ the 21st century.
(a) in
(b) into
(c) over
(d) to
(e) against
- The deadly fever left him completely ____.
(a) Enervated
(b) healthy
(c) wealthy
(d) dying
(e) Fatigued
- I _____ him for the job and he got it
(a) commended
(b) asked
(c) recommended
(d) hired
(e) deprived
- Since Mani was the only one who could not go abroad, he was regarded as the ____ sheep of the family.
(a) Foolish
(b) exceptional
(c) black
(d) white
(e) stray
- It is the slight ____ in an otherwise perfect face that made her look beautiful.
(a) Ugliness
(b)twist
(c) imperfection
(d) glow
(e) hint
- Changes in the legal system are inevitable for we are not working for a _____ society.
(a) Backward
(b) dynamic
(c) developing
(d) modern
(e) stagnant
- Lata walked on and found a vacant seat to sit _____
(a) on
(b) in
(c) up
(d) down
(e) through
- Vinod's employers deducted the expenses from his salary, but ___ an adhoc allowance to it.
(a) Adduced
(b)reduced
(c) added
(d) deducted
(e) exempted
- The Hindu are a ____ majority in India.
(a) Linguistic
(b) ethnic
(c) religious
(d) demographic
(e) class
- One true __ is better than a world of acquaintances.
(a) Friend
(b) energy
(c) man
(d) woman
(e) person
- Raman made a slight ____ of judgment and hit Vijay instead of bully.
(a) Mistake
(b) blunder
(c) slip
(d) error
(e) calculation
- Ahmed was quit rich. It was not for ____ but for excitement that he stole from the shop.
(a) Pleasure
(b) necessity
(c) money
(d) boredom
(e) nothing
- The rules _____ passengers to cross the railway line.
(a) Advice
(b) forbid
(c) request
(d) stop
(e) hinder
- Sachin's batting in this inning=s did not come __ my expectations.
(a) to
(b) off
(c) in
(d) along with
(e) up to
- He proved to be quite a wet blanket at the party, for he spoke to no one and __ sat himself.
(a) Blithely
(b) courageously
(c) morosely
(d) wonderingly
(e) enigmatically
- Mr. Kulkarni thought he was very clever but he found himself in the _.
(a) Curry
(b) doldrums
(c) event
(d) soup
(e) trouble
- Brinjals are _ cheap these days.
(a) dead
(b) dust
(c) dastardly
(d) dirt
(e) down
- He __ hat he would come.
(a) requested
(b) said
(c) pleaded
(d) urged
(e) asked
- If you drink too much, it will _ your judgment.
(a) Impede
(b) impair
(c) impose
(d) impel
(e) improve
- The Managing Director treated the employees to a _ lunch at an expensive hotel.
(a) precious
(b) thriving
(c) stupendous
(d) magnanimous
(e) sumptuous
- We need an unusually gifted person to solve this _ problem.
(a) Sensitive
(b) sensible
(c) sensuous
(d) spurious
(e) sensual
- The _ of ships reached the port safely.
(a) Group
(b) convoy
(c) hatch
(d) flight
(e) swarm
- If the money is _ in the Unit Truest, it would yield good interest.
(a) Invested
(b) collected
(c) spent
(d) credited
(e) Engaged
- Several members _ from voting.
(a) Restrained
(b) refused
(c) abstained
(d) retained
(e) Refrained
- She stood there with tears _ clown her checks.
(a) Rolling
(b) dropping
(c) falling
(d) forming
(e) shedding
- He gave me an additional _ of Rs. 100 a month by _ of the commissioner.
(a) Allowance, permission
(b) pay, allowance
(c) payment, agreement
(d) salary, admittance
(e) Burden, virtue
- There is no glory in war ____ the blood it
(a) Considering sheds
(b) comparing, spills
(c) Worth, costs
(d) thinking, demand
(e) for, flows
- Too much eating is _ to health.
(a) Unsuitable
(b) detrimental
(c) bad
(d) inadvisable
(e) incisive
- Although they are not rich, they always wear _ clothes.
(a) Irrespective
(b) respective
(c) respectful
(d) respected
(e) respectable
- We cannot _ the real slate of things from what he says.
(a) Defer
(b) infer
(c) confer
(d) refer
(e) pilfer
- When he left after the cocktail party, he was as _ as a judge.
(a) Sober
(b) drunk
(c) wise
(d) boring
(e) brave
- The degrees were awarded in the annual
(a) Convention
(b) convocation
(c)conventicler
(d)Conference
(e) convolution
- Man is a _ animal.
(a) Extensive
(b) little
(c) deep
(d) intensive
(e) Medical
- She was so badly injured that she needed _ care in the hospital.
(a) Extensive
(b) little
(c) deep
(d) intensive
(e) Medical
- It was his _ nature which made him continue where most would have given up.
(a) Divine
(b) stubborn
(c) good
(d) ill
(e) unfortunate
- It is often seen that bad husband have very good _.
(a) Children
(b) mothers
(c) parents
(d) wives
(e) Consorts
- She yelled _ him and he hastily retreated.
(a) to
(b) at
(c) for
(d) against
(e) towards
- The cold did not make him but made him merely
(a) Sick
(b) hungry
(c) indisposed
(d) unwilling
(e) Vomit
- He _ the policeman to help him catch the thief, but the policeman pretended not to hear.
(a) Pleaded
(b) importuned
(c) threatened
(d) asked
(e) requested
- It was impossible for the overworked mother to _ with so many yelling children.
(a) Live
(b) die
(c) deal
(d) cope
(e) continue
- The reporter said to the editor, "You need not consult anyone, you can take my _ for it"
(a) Promise
(b) suggestion
(c) ring
(d) word
(e) eyes
- With old people he was as considerate as a son, and with children as __ as a father.
(a) Modest
(b) hopeful
(c) cheerful
(d) sceptical
(e) Solicitous
- I admire him because for all his achievements he is ___
(a) Humble
(b) modest
(c) gentle
(d) quiet
(e) pure
- The treasurer ____ the funds and _.
(a) Stole, fled
(b) embezzled, absconded
(c) robbed, decamped
(d) purloined, skipped
(e) cheated, ran
- Those who hate sincerity are _.
(a) Misogynists
(b) cynics
(c) pessimists
(d) Misanthropists
(e) infidels
- His puns attest to his _ but do not prove his
(a) wisdom, learning
(b) brilliance, sensibility
(c) sharpness, scholarship
(d) wit, intelligence
(e) Acerbity, interest
- ____, they resumed their forward journey.
(a) Rising the sun
(b) Having risen the sun
(c) The sun being risen
(d) The sun having risen
(e) On rising the sun
- They have some difficulty _ all the employees, especially the smaller ones, to conform _ the adopted scale of wages.
(a) To get, with
(b) getting, to
(c) in getting, upon
(d) to setting, over
(e) to be getting, up to
- What he has done admits _ no excuse.
(a) With
(b) of
(c) for
(d) in
(e) about
Assignment – 3
Directions: Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
- The petitioner had …….. an immediate stay from the court on allotment of the flats till ____ of investigation into the alleged irregularities.
(A) Asked, process
(B) sought, completion
(C) Propagated, finish
(D) demanded, course
(E) Granted, end
- Modern music doesn't lend …… to longevity; sometimes it is hard even to remember what the biggest hit from a_____of years ago was.
(A) Itself, couple
(B) much, few
(C) money, some
(D) matter, spatter
(E) substance, variety
- Opportunities ……. when they are seized and …… when they are not
(A) Gather, evade
(B) needed, reflect
(C) create, disperse
(D) shout, calm
(E) multiply, die
- At the sound of the bell we are .........to pause, relax our body and become gently ….. of our in-breath and out-breath.
(A) Asked, thoughtless
(B) requested, wishful
(C) Invited, aware
(D) forced, meaningful
(E) Braced, calm
- ............. to listen to the sounds of nature, we find that we can afterwards carry on with whatever we were doing in a more ......... and loving way.
(A) Feeling, helpful
(B) waiting, rough
(C) dreaming, dramatic
(D) pausing, attentive
(E) hurting, creative
- Along with a sharp rise in ……, a recession would eventually result in more men, women and children living in …………
(A) Crime, apathy
(B) fatalities, poor
(C) deaths, slums
(D) unemployment, poverty
(E) migrations streets
- Behaving in a ……. and serious way, even in a ……. situation, makes people respect you.
(A) Calm, difficult
(B) steady, angry
(C) flamboyant, tricky
(D) cool, astounding
(E) silly, sound
- An airplane with ...... passengers on board made an unscheduled.......as the airport to which it was heading was covered with thick fog.
(A) irritable, slip
(B) faulty, stop
(C) variety, halt
(D) tons, wait
(E) numerous, landing
- The government has …… to provide financial aid to the ones ……. by severe floods in the city.
(A) Desired, troubled
(B) promised, havoc
(C) failed, affected
(D) wanted, struck
(E) decided, ill
- Deemed universities …… huge fees, but have not been successful in providing …… education to our students.
(A) collect, maintaining
(B) pay, better
(C) ask, good
(D) charge, quality
(E) demand, quantitative
- Many teachers ……. the lack of professional freedom as the ……. for leaving the job.
(A) Cited, reason
(B) explained, force
(C) claimed, understanding
(D) argued, culprit
(E) believe, ground
- Skeptics would not......... that the earth actually moves, let alone that it …….. around the sun.
(A) permit, orbits
(B) accept, revolves
(C) experience, circles
(D) assume, went
(E) challenge, spins
- Unpredictable…… of the child could not lead the consultants to any.........
(A) Performance, setting
(B)belief, judgment
(C)operation, purpose
(D) behaviour, conclusion
(E) React, decision
- A public servant who is guilty will not.........punishment and no …… person will be punished.
(A) be sincere
(B) flee, guilty
(C) defend, common
(D) avoid, uninformed
(E) escape, innocent
- Few professions can ……. the sheer variety and constant.......... of being a doctor.
(A) like, struggle
(B) share, enthusiast
(C) match, challenge
(D) draw, work-load
(E) justify, exception
Assignment - 4
- He went to the library to ____ find that it was closed.
(1) Seldom
(2) never
(3)only
(4) solely
(5) None of These
- The ties that bind us together in common activity are so....that they can disappear at any moment.
(1) tentative
(2) tenuous
(3) consistent
(4) restrictive
(5) None of These
- Her reaction to his proposal was ____She rejected it....
(1) inevitable - vehemently'
(2)subtle-Violently
(3) clever - abruptly
(4) sympathetic - angrily
- His.... directions misled us we did not know which of the two roads to take.
(1) complicated
(2) ambiguous
(3) narrow (4) fantastic
(5) None of These
- It would be difficult for one so _____ to believe that all men are equal irrespective of caste, race and religion,
(1) Emotional
(2) democratic
(3) Intolerant
(4) liberal
(5) None of These
- She did not like to ____ her decision like a dictator on her subordinates.
(A) Divulge
(B) prompt
(C) enforce
(D) deploy
(E) Make
- People unfortunately _____ that money brings happiness.
(A) Assume
(B) deny
(C) object
(D) rely
(E) conscious
- The public have......... a protest against the new rules of the budget.
(A) Organize
(B) demonstrated
(C) compiled
(D) pursued
(E) launched
- Sarojini Naidu will always be remembered for her.... to the national cause.
(A) Blessing
(B) involvement
(C) Pursuit
(D)dedication
(E) command
- Poverty has to be ____ and the basic necessities of life should be made available to everyone.
(A) Destroyed
(B) eliminated
(C)finished
(D)magnified
(E) considered
- Upon hearing the _____ words from him, she left the place_______
(a) Wrongful...abashed
(b)misuse...immediately
(C)Obnoxious...abashed
(d)acrimonious...amicably
- How can the plans of the government ___ the poor, if they are totally _______?
(a) Educate...illiterate
(b) help...impractical
(C) Benefit...selfish
(d) enrich...penniless
- The _____ that 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush' is _____ in the present context.
(a) Metaphor...cavil
(b) adage...inappropriate
(C) talk...evil
(d) sentence...anomalous
- The thought of a nuclear _____ sparked off by a misunderstanding poses an awesome______.
(a) Device...reverberation
(b) holocaust...spectre
(c) Liaison...probability
(d) explosion...calamity
- A person is not trusted if he is ____ in his words and ____ in his actions.
(a)Dishonest...untrustworthy
(b)Handsome...presentable
(c) talkative...precise
(d) Healthy...robust
- The _____ reached between the enemies won the ____ of the observers.
(a) Treaty...accolade
(b) victory...decoration
(c) Peace...hearts
(d) pitch...enimity
- _____ Persons are_____.
(a) Careful...circumspect
(b) violent...peaceable
(c)despondent...intrepid
(d) garrulous...gluttonous
- The rebels sought to overcome the ____ of strength of the police forces by engaging in ...tactics.
(a) Lack...divisionary
(b) augmented...peaceful
(c) Preponderance...guerilla
(d) power...foolish
- Science fiction is literary ____ which postulates a change from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a _____
(a) Piece...beginning
(b) imagination...fantasy
(c)Sub-genre...logical end
(d) masterpiece...logical end
Assignment - 5
- When the Board came down ____ on him after his disastrous performance against Australia, he knew that it would ____ him his captaincy.
(a) Heavily cost
(b) heavily costed
(c) heavily...costing
(d) heavy...cost
- Indecency is when you humiliate and cheat people emotionally, when you use and ___ people you love, when you lie with a _____ face to everyone when it suits you.
(a) Disabuse...straight
(b) abuse...crooked
(c) Abused...straight
(d) abuse...straightened
- Externalists just ____ bad fortune instead of trying to work out why they fell over and how to ____ it from happening again.
(a) Blames...prevent
(b) blame...prevents
(c) blame...preventing
(d) blame...prevent
- Children from ____ backgrounds are more likely to become externalists than children from poor ____ who have had to overcome adversity to succeed.
(a) Rich...background
(b) poor...backgrounds
(c) Poor...background
(d) rich...backgrounds
- Body language is important, but before you can hold ____ contact with a stranger you need to be in a______ trusting state.
(a) Eyes...confident
(b) eye...confidential
(c) eyeing...confident
(d) eye...confident
- Eventually, if you _____ enough at the right people under the ___ circumstances, one will smile back at you.
(a) smile....right
(b) smiling...right
(c) smile...wrong
(d) smile...rightly
- As a teenager, _____ is so unselfconscious, one is so intense about everything,_____ is a passion.
(a) They...everything
(b) we...everything
(c) One...nothing
(d) one...everything
- I don't socialize with the people I work ____, I have my own set of friends and I intend to keep some sort of ____ between my friends and my work.
(a) On...differentiation
(b) off...differentiation
(c)With...differentiate
(d)with...differentiation
- I have my own set of friends, who have access to my home and my ______ thoughts and feelings, I don't let just about anyone invade that ______
(a) inner...privacy
(b) outer...privacy
(c) inner...private
(d) in.... privacy
- When I joined college, I was __ at the lack of discipline; I saw a lot of kids bunk and go to discos. Why _____ to parents to go and have a good time? And why during study hours?
(a) Shocked...lied
(b) shocked...lying
(c) shock...lie
(d) Shocked...lie
Assignment - 6
- When I left school I saw it as a temporary move and I assumed I'd _____
(a) go back
(b) return back
(c) go forth
(d) go back and come
- The boy's death wrenched the hearts of parents ____ the world who easily understood the love that would lead a father to _____ his child from bullets with his own body.
(a) Round...shield
(b) around...shield
(c) Around...shielded
(d) around...shield out
- The international student is expected to identify and use resources ____ to the universities that would match his ______.
(a) Big screen...profile
(b) screen...profiled
(c) Screen...profile
(d) the screen...profile
- Considering the _____ cost attached to each application forwarded, the student is constrained to apply to a _____ number of universities.
(a) High...unlimited
(b) low...limited
(c) high...though limited
(d) high...limited
- Sometimes subjective questions such as ‘a dinner with any three personalities in the world' or fmy favorite pass time' _____ also se, to indirectly check the horizon and _____ of the student.
(a) Are...perspectives
(b) were...perspectives than
(c) are...perspect
(d) is ...perspection
- In 1996, Naomi Campbell _____ when she had been bumped off the cover of American Vogue in ____ of a white model.
(a) Complained...favour
(b) complain...favour
(c)Complained...favoured
(d)complained,..favourite
- Benazir said that the regime's decision to allow Sharif to walk _____ could _____ be part of a larger game plan or just another corrupt act.
(a) Free...or
(b) free...neither
(c) free...either
(d) Free...either
- Taxi driver’s brains are _____ to help them store a detailed mental map of the city.
(a) Adapt
(b) adapting
(c) adapted
(d) adopted
- Keeping view your _____ state of mind, it's with a rather _____ heart that I’m penning down this letter to you.
(a) Distress...heavy
(b) distressed...heavy
(c) distressed...heaviness
(d) distressing...heavy
- I am _____ independent, I don't do things just for the sake of it or because I am ___to.
(a) Verily,..Supposed
(b) very...supposing
(c) Very...supposed
(d) very...unsupposed
Assignment - 7
Directions: Fill in the blanks
- The Chairman in his speech stated the.............. in company profits was ______ to team building.
(a) Incline, owing
(b) rise, liable
(c) slump, accountable
(d) surge, due
(e) plunge, response
- The main ____ of healthcare reforms is.......medical care to every citizen.
(a) Purpose, available
(b) cause, providing
(c)Challenge, accessing
(d) assurance, qualified
(e) Focus, extending
- Being ______ of how he wanted his career to progress, he began discussing his _____ with senior colleagues.
(a) Convinced, misconduct
(b) unsure, options
(c)Unresolved, aspirations
(d)practical, intentions
(e) Spontaneous, future
- Experts feel that the amendment to the Act will adversely_____ private sector................in infrastructure development.
(a) Effect, participation
(b)facilitate, claim
(c)Influence, involvement
(d) measure, investment
(e) Expedite, stake
- His absence at the crucial meeting cannot be ___ as he _____ the country at important international fora.
(a) Helped, represents
(b) condoned, participates
(c) Permitted, engages
(d) sanctioned, governs
(e) Forgiven, promote
- A committee has been..............to...............the transformation of the city into an international finance centre.
(A) Constituted, convert
(B) appointed, oversee
(C) Converged, evaluate
(D) inducted, change
(E) Inaugurated, determine
- Keeping in mind the....... to develop the sector the government has _____ solicited foreign investment
(A) Importance, never
(B) proposal, forcibly
(C) objective, wanted
(D) view, discretely
(E) need, actively
- In his speech he vowed to.............. The four billion unbanked individuals across the world into the.............. of financial inclusion.
(A) Represent, sphere
(B) target, area
(C) bring, realm
(D) engage, achievement
(E) convince, era
- Although he puts in _____ of overtime and takes few holidays, he.............. Cannot support his family.
(A) Sufficient, however
(B) lot, besides
(C) much, thus
(D) plenty, still
(E) frequency, yet
- They have been _______ on incentives to ______ these practices are implemented at grass root level.
(A) Relying, ensures
(B) improving, secure
(C) Advocating, confirm
(D) debating, necessitate
(E) Focusing, display
- Their minds were ____with the thought of the ______conflict.
(A) Engrossed, approaching
(B) Prepared, growing
(C) Absolved, mere.
(D) Swollen, imminent
(E) Preoccupied, adverse
- The doctor reached the house too _____ to find the patient.....
(A) Early, worried
(B) Far, sick
(C) Late, alive
(D) Hastily, immobile
(E) Impatiently, dead
- He _____ to the audience in a soft but confident tone all _____ had happened.
(A) Explained, whatever
(B) Narrated, that
(C) Demonstrated, what
(D) Briefed, those
(E) Showed, whatsoever
- He was _____ not to _____ done the exercise himself.
(A) Expected, be
(B) required, being
(C) Needed, get
(D) Warned, be
(E) Supposed, have
- The ____ of the ______ carried out in the Institute were published.
(A) Reports, findings
(B) Articles, observations
(C) Drawbacks, preparations
(D) Results, investigations
(E) Observations, terms
- An engineering college requires a lot of...„. and it is available in ______ in this area.
(A) room, abundance
(B) things, ample
(C) land, plenty
(D) plots, sufficient
(E) pieces, number
- A young lady, who was standing at a ______ got trapped in a valley of bullets and was killed ____ the spot.
(A) Step, in
(B) scooter, of
(C) place, upon
(D) Counter, on
(E) corner, near
- However, activity based _____ that makes learning a joy needs more time _____ per topic.
(A) Training, fixing
(B) education, allotment
(C) Teaching, schedule
(D) educating, taking
(E) Schooling, giving
- At present, there are about four lac _____ in Japan who has survived the _____ of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(A) women, accident
(B) men, incident
(C) workers, trouble
(D) employees, terror
(E) persons, tragedy
- We can ____ a good world by keeping a truly scientific mind, which_____precise, clear and unprejudiced.
(A) Create, is
(B) generate, was
(C) originate, are
(D) Maintain, were
(E) keep, is
- The truth is that in a highly capital-intensive business _____ deep pockets, domestic civil aviation is _____ undercapitalized.
1) Ascertaining, highly
2) requiring, woefully
3) Sustaining, alarmingly
4) balancing, astonishingly
5) demanding, niggardly
- Time has now come for all agencies working in the development sector to launch a multi-pronged________ to _______ malnutrition.
1) System, abjure
2) weapon, annihilate
3) policy, deviate
4) strategy, eradicate
5) fact, demolish
- A well _______ physically and mentally active______ alone can contribute to the speedier economic progress of a nation.
1) Educated, subjects
2) organized, systems
3) Advanced, brethren
4) formulated, citizens
5) Nourished, populace
- We must develop ______ systems from the village upwards and up to the national level to constantly______the nutritional status of the people.
1) Monitoring, review
2) machinery, tackle
3) efficient, emancipate
4) sound, harbour
5) inherent, inundate
- Democracy has taken a _____ in a system which promotes sycophancy and _____
1) dive, bureaucracy
2) delve, dictatorship
3) beating, mediocrity
4) ride, heredity
5) privilege, intolerance
- People in power love to _____ the freedom of expression by the players because it might ______ their position.
1) Suppress, undermine
2) counter, reveal
3) contradict, focus
4) exploit, hamper
5) violate, degrade
- Rituals play an important role in ____ growth and growth of our minds to its full _____
1) Cultural, measure
2) religious, maximum
3) mystical, exposure
4) traditional, limits
5) spiritual, potential
ANSWERS
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 1 | |||||||||
1.B | 2.C | 3.D | 4.B | 5.D | 6.B | 7.E | 8.E | 9.A | 10.C |
11.E | 12.E | 13.A | 14.C | 15.E | 16.C | 17.B | 18.A | 19.B | 20.A |
21.B | 22.A | 23.D | 24.C | 25.C | 26.D | 27.B | 28.C | 29.B | 30.C |
31.B | 32.D | 33.D | 34.D | 35.C | 36.B | 37.C | 38.D | 39.C | 40.A |
41.D | 42.A | 43.D | 44.C | 45.B | 46.A | 47.B | 48.A | 49.A | 50.C |
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 2 | |||||||||
1.A | 2.B | 3.A | 4.C | 5.C | 6.C | 7.E | 8.B | 9.C | 10.C |
11.A | 12.D | 13.B | 14.B | 15.E | 16.C | 17.D | 18.D | 19.B | 20.B |
21.E | 22.A | 23.B | 24.A | 25.C | 26.A | 27.A | 28.A | 29.B | 30.E |
31.B | 32.A | 33.B | 34.E | 35.D | 36.B | 37.D | 38.B | 39.C | 40.B |
41.D | 42.D | 43.E | 44.B | 45.B | 46.B | 47.D | 48.D | 49.B | 50.B |
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 3 | |||||||||
1.B | 2.A | 3.E | 4.C | 5.D | 6.D | 7.A | 8.E | 9.C | 10.D |
11.A | 12.B | 13.D | 14.E | 15.C |
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 4 | |||||||||
1.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.C | 7.A | 8.E | 9.D | 10.B |
11.C | 12.B | 13.B | 14.B | 15.A | 16.A | 17.A | 18.C | 19.C |
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 5 | |||||||||
1.a | 2.b | 3.D | 4.D | 5.D | 6.a | 7.d | 8.d | 9.a | 10.d |
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 6 | |||||||||
11 | 2.b | 3.c | 4.d | 5.a | 6.a | 7.D | 8.C | 9.b | 10.c |
ANSWERSHEET ASSIGNMENT - 7 | |||||||||
1.d | 2.e | 3.b | 4.c | 5.a | 6.B | 7.E | 8.B | 9.D | 10.A |
11.A | 12.C | 13.B | 14.E | 15.D | 16.C | 17.D | 18.B | 19.E | 20.A |
21.2 | 22.4 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 27.5 |